Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan intends to offer MEOKAM-96 on January 26

/IRBIS, Yelena Korpusenko, January 23, 04/ - The Ministry of Finance plans to hold auction on January 26 of 2004 for floatation of МЕOКАМ-96. Following is the announced issue parameters: --------------------------------------------------------- Type of the securities МЕОКАМ-96 KASE trade code MОM096.002 Par value, KZT 1,000.00 Date of auction Jan 26, 04 Payment day Jan 27, 04 Circulation start date Jan 28, 04 Maturity date (planned / actual) Jan 25, 12 / Jan 25, 12 Circulation term 2920 days Coupons (planned / actual) 1 Jul 27, 04 / Jul 27, 04 2 Jan 26, 05 / Jan 26, 05 3 Jul 27, 05 / Jul 27, 05 4 Jan 26, 06 / Jan 26, 06 5 Jul 27, 06 / Jul 27, 06 6 Jan 26, 07 / Jan 26, 07 7 Jul 27, 07 / Jul 27, 07 8 Jan 26, 08 / Jan 28, 08 9 Jul 26, 08 / Jul 28, 08 10 Jan 25, 09 / Jan 26, 09 11 Jul 26, 09 / Jul 27, 09 12 Jan 25, 10 / Jan 25, 10 13 Jul 26, 10 / Jul 26, 10 14 Jan 25, 11 / Jan 25, 11 15 Jul 26, 11 / Jul 26, 11 16 Jan 25, 12 / Jan 25, 12 Authorized issue volume. KZT m 3,500.0 --------------------------------------------------------- Limitation for noncompetitive applications is 30%. Settlement basis is actual/365. [2004-01-23]